There's really only 1 thing to know about investing right?
Buy low, Sell high.
That's it. Simple right?
Now, everyone can do it.
The thing is... the concept is easy. Doing it, isn't.
I have a friend who wanted to get into investing around a year back in 2021.
Everyone was making money. Crypto, S&P, ARKK, etc...
So my friend asked for advice, etc etc.
Now, in 2021, markets were getting toppish. I didn't really want to tell my friend to start in 2021.
But I also know my friend's character. If don't start now, then probably won't ever start.
So I said to pretty much buy some index tracker, and a REIT ETF, and do a monthly DCA and forget about it, and maybe 10-20 years later, the investment would probably grow.
(I am not making any recommendations to any readers on what to buy. Each one has their own objectives. This is just a specific example based on a situation which I have...